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	'''Sampat Singh''' (born 20 April 1949) is a former [[Finance Minister]] of [[Haryana]], India. As a [[Janata Party]] candidate, he was elected to the Haryana [[Vidhan Sabha\|Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Bhattu Kalan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Bhattu Kalan constituency]] in 1982 and has been re-elected on five occasions. He was leader of the opposition from 1991 to 1996. His six election successes made him the most senior [[Indian National Congress]] legislator in 12th Haryana assembly. He has held many important portfolios in state government as minister.		'''Sampat Singh Budania''' (born 20 April 1949) is a former [[Finance Minister]] of [[Haryana]], India. As a [[Janata Party]] candidate, he was elected to the Haryana [[Vidhan Sabha\|Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Bhattu Kalan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Bhattu Kalan constituency]] in 1982 and has been re-elected on five occasions. He was leader of the opposition from 1991 to 1996. His six election successes made him the most senior [[Indian National Congress]] legislator in 12th Haryana assembly. He has held many important portfolios in state government as minister.

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Sampat Singh was born in the village of [[Bhattu Kalan]], [[Fatehabad District]], [[Haryana]], on 20 April 1949. His father was Ram Chander.Educated in the village and at [[Hisar (city)\|Hisar]], he holds MA and B.Ed. degrees. He is married to Krishna Singh and has two children.<ref name="bio">{{cite web \|url=http://haryanaassembly.gov.in/MLADetails.aspx?MLAID=773 \|title=Haryana Vidhan Sabha MLA \|publisher=Haryana Assembly \|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref>		Sampat Singh was born in the village of [[Bhattu Kalan]], [[Fatehabad District]], [[Haryana]], on 20 April 1949. His father was Ram Chander.Educated in the village and at [[Hisar (city)\|Hisar]], he holds MA and B.Ed. degrees. He is married to Krishna Singh and has two children.<ref name="bio">{{cite web \|url=http://haryanaassembly.gov.in/MLADetails.aspx?MLAID=773 \|title=Haryana Vidhan Sabha MLA \|publisher=Haryana Assembly \|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref>

	Singh was a lecturer in [[political science]] at Dayanand College, Hisar for five years from 1972. He has been jailed several times, including in ~~1972-73~~ and 1983, while campaigning for various causes.<ref name="bio"/>		Singh was a lecturer in [[political science]] at Dayanand College, Hisar for five years from 1972. He has been jailed several times, including in 1972–73 and 1983, while campaigning for various causes.<ref name="bio"/>

	==Career==		==Career==
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	Singh was appointed at political secretary to [[Devi Lal (politician)\|Devi Lal]] in 1977 and held the post for two years.<ref name="bio"/> At this point, Devi Lal headed the [[Janata Party]]. Singh stood unsuccessfully in the Bhattu Kalan constituency by-election of 1980, claiming afterwards that he lost "because of widespread use of unfair means". He won the seat in the 1982 state assembly elections.<ref name="toi">{{cite news \|work=The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Know-your-politician-Sampat-keeps-it-simple/articleshow/983168263.cms \|title=Know your politician: Sampat keeps it simple \|first=Amit \|last=Agnihotri \|date=17 January 2002 \|access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref>		Singh was appointed at political secretary to [[Devi Lal (politician)\|Devi Lal]] in 1977 and held the post for two years.<ref name="bio"/> At this point, Devi Lal headed the [[Janata Party]]. Singh stood unsuccessfully in the Bhattu Kalan constituency by-election of 1980, claiming afterwards that he lost "because of widespread use of unfair means". He won the seat in the 1982 state assembly elections.<ref name="toi">{{cite news \|work=The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Know-your-politician-Sampat-keeps-it-simple/articleshow/983168263.cms \|title=Know your politician: Sampat keeps it simple \|first=Amit \|last=Agnihotri \|date=17 January 2002 \|access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref>

	Between 1991-1996, Singh was Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly.<ref name="toi"/>		Between 1991 and 1996, Singh was Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly.<ref name="toi"/>

	Heeding views of his close supporters, Singh quit the [[Indian National Lok Dal]] (INLD)<ref>{{cite news\|url=~~http~~://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090715/haryana.htm#1 \|title=Sampat Singh quits INLD \|work=The Tribune \|access-date=2013-11-24}}</ref> on 14 July 2009 and held a meeting with his supporters and workers on 18 July 2009 in Hisar.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.merinews.com/article/sampat-singh-quits-inld/15776069.shtml \|title=Sampat Singh quits INLD \|work=Merinews.com \|date=17 July 2009 \|access-date=2013-11-24}}</ref> He described the INLD as being in "complete disarray", no longer aligned with the principles of Devi Lal and subject to the nepotism of its then leader, [[Om Prakash Chautala]].<ref name="outlook">{{cite news \|work=Outlook \|title=Sampat Singh Quits INLD \|date=14 July 2009 \|access-date=2018-03-26 \|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/sampat-singh-quits-inld/662703}}</ref> After ending his 32-year association with it, he joined the Indian National Congress (INC) on 27 July 2009.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/Sampat-Singh-inducted-into-Congress/article16564428.ece \|work=The Hindu \|date=28 July 2009 \|title= Sampat Singh inducted into Congress \|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref>		Heeding views of his close supporters, Singh quit the [[Indian National Lok Dal]] (INLD)<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090715/haryana.htm#1 \|title=Sampat Singh quits INLD \|work=The Tribune \|access-date=2013-11-24}}</ref> on 14 July 2009 and held a meeting with his supporters and workers on 18 July 2009 in Hisar.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.merinews.com/article/sampat-singh-quits-inld/15776069.shtml \|title=Sampat Singh quits INLD \|work=Merinews.com \|date=17 July 2009 \|access-date=2013-11-24}}</ref> He described the INLD as being in "complete disarray", no longer aligned with the principles of Devi Lal and subject to the nepotism of its then leader, [[Om Prakash Chautala]].<ref name="outlook">{{cite news \|work=Outlook \|title=Sampat Singh Quits INLD \|date=14 July 2009 \|access-date=2018-03-26 \|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/sampat-singh-quits-inld/662703}}</ref> After ending his 32-year association with it, he joined the Indian National Congress (INC) on 27 July 2009.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/Sampat-Singh-inducted-into-Congress/article16564428.ece \|work=The Hindu \|date=28 July 2009 \|title= Sampat Singh inducted into Congress \|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref>

	The INC selected Singh as their candidate for the Nalwa constituency in Hisar. He then won the seat in the 2009 elections by defeating the sitting member, Jasma Devi of the HJC.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/assembly_elections_2009/candidate/Haryana/result.html \|title=Haryana: Result \|work=IBN Live \|access-date=2013-11-24 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025040040/http://ibnlive.in.com/assembly_elections_2009/candidate/Haryana/result.html \|archive-date=25 October 2009 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>		The INC selected Singh as their candidate for the Nalwa constituency in Hisar. He then won the seat in the 2009 elections by defeating the sitting member, Jasma Devi of the HJC.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/assembly_elections_2009/candidate/Haryana/result.html \|title=Haryana: Result \|work=IBN Live \|access-date=2013-11-24 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025040040/http://ibnlive.in.com/assembly_elections_2009/candidate/Haryana/result.html \|archive-date=25 October 2009 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>

	===National politics===		===National politics===
	As an INLD politician, Singh contested the [[2009 Indian general election]] from [[Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Hisar Lok Sabha constituency]] on a [[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|National Democratic Alliance]] ticket. He lost narrowly to former chief minister [[Bhajan Lal]].<ref name="outlook"/><ref>{{cite news \|work=DNA India \|title=INLD, BJP attacks UPA on price rise, terrorism \|date=20 January 2009 \|agency=PTI \|url=~~http~~://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-inld-bjp-attacks-upa-on-price-rise-terrorism-1223287 \|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref>		As an INLD politician, Singh contested the [[2009 Indian general election]] from [[Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Hisar Lok Sabha constituency]] on a [[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|National Democratic Alliance]] ticket. He lost narrowly to former chief minister [[Bhajan Lal Bishnoi\|Bhajan Lal]].<ref name="outlook"/><ref>{{cite news \|work=DNA India \|title=INLD, BJP attacks UPA on price rise, terrorism \|date=20 January 2009 \|agency=PTI \|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-inld-bjp-attacks-upa-on-price-rise-terrorism-1223287 \|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref>

	Singh stood as an INC candidate for a seat in the national parliament in the [[2014 Indian general election]]. He finished in third place in the Hisar Lok Sabha constituency.<ref>{{cite news \|work=Economic Times \|title=Congress's experiment to field MLAs for LS fails in Haryana \|agency=PTI \|date=16 May 2014 \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/elections-2014-congresss-experiment-to-field-mlas-for-ls-fails-in-haryana/articleshow/35219660.cms \|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref>		Singh stood as an INC candidate for a seat in the national parliament in the [[2014 Indian general election]]. He finished in third place in the Hisar Lok Sabha constituency.<ref>{{cite news \|work=Economic Times \|title=Congress's experiment to field MLAs for LS fails in Haryana \|agency=PTI \|date=16 May 2014 \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/elections-2014-congresss-experiment-to-field-mlas-for-ls-fails-in-haryana/articleshow/35219660.cms \|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref>

	==Political career==		==Political career==
	* ~~1977- 1979~~: Political Secretary to Devi Lal, Chief Minister of Haryana		* 1977–1979: Political Secretary to Devi Lal, Chief Minister of Haryana
	* 1980: election conveyor for Devi Lal during [[7th Lok Sabha]] elections		* 1980: election conveyor for Devi Lal during [[7th Lok Sabha]] elections
	* 1980: contested by-election from Bhattu Kalan		* 1980: contested by-election from Bhattu Kalan
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	==Positions held==		==Positions held==
	*President, District Lok Dal, Hisar ;		*President, District Lok Dal, Hisar
	*Member State Lok Dal Executive		*Member State Lok Dal Executive
	*Member, Haryana Sangharsh Samiti		*Member, Haryana Sangharsh Samiti
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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sampat Singh
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| | residence =112, Sec 15 Hisar
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| office1 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Nalwa]], [[Fatehabad district|Fatehabad]], [[Bhattu Kalan]]
| successor1 =
| party =[[Bhartiya Janta Party]]
| religion =
| spouse = Krishna Singh
| children = 2
| website = {{URL|www.sampatsingh.in}}
| footnotes =
| date = 15 July |
| year = 2021 |
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'''Sampat Singh''' (born 20 April 1949) is a former [[Finance Minister]] of [[Haryana]], India. As a [[Janata Party]] candidate, he was elected to the Haryana [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Bhattu Kalan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhattu Kalan constituency]] in 1982 and has been re-elected on five occasions. He was leader of the opposition from 1991 to 1996. His six election successes made him the most senior [[Indian National Congress]] legislator in 12th Haryana assembly. He has held many important portfolios in state government as minister.

==Personal life==
Sampat Singh was born in the village of [[Bhattu Kalan]], [[Fatehabad District]], [[Haryana]], on 20 April 1949. His father was Ram Chander.Educated in the village and at [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]], he holds MA and B.Ed. degrees. He is married to Krishna Singh and has two children.<ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=http://haryanaassembly.gov.in/MLADetails.aspx?MLAID=773 |title=Haryana Vidhan Sabha MLA |publisher=Haryana Assembly |access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref>

Singh was a lecturer in [[political science]] at Dayanand College, Hisar for five years from 1972. He has been jailed several times, including in 1972-73 and 1983, while campaigning for various causes.<ref name="bio"/>

==Career==
===State politics===
Singh has been elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly in [[1982 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|1982]], [[1987 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|1987]], [[1991 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|1991]], 1998, [[2000 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|2000]] and [[2009 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|2009]].<ref name="bio"/>

Singh was appointed at political secretary to [[Devi Lal (politician)|Devi Lal]] in 1977 and held the post for two years.<ref name="bio"/> At this point, Devi Lal headed the [[Janata Party]]. Singh stood unsuccessfully in the Bhattu Kalan constituency by-election of 1980, claiming afterwards that he lost "because of widespread use of unfair means". He won the seat in the 1982 state assembly elections.<ref name="toi">{{cite news |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Know-your-politician-Sampat-keeps-it-simple/articleshow/983168263.cms |title=Know your politician: Sampat keeps it simple |first=Amit |last=Agnihotri |date=17 January 2002 |access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref>

Between 1991-1996, Singh was Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly.<ref name="toi"/>

Heeding views of his close supporters, Singh quit the [[Indian National Lok Dal]] (INLD)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090715/haryana.htm#1 |title=Sampat Singh quits INLD |work=The Tribune |access-date=2013-11-24}}</ref> on 14 July 2009 and held a meeting with his supporters and workers on 18 July 2009 in Hisar.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.merinews.com/article/sampat-singh-quits-inld/15776069.shtml |title=Sampat Singh quits INLD |work=Merinews.com |date=17 July 2009 |access-date=2013-11-24}}</ref> He described the INLD as being in "complete disarray", no longer aligned with the principles of Devi Lal and subject to the nepotism of its then leader, [[Om Prakash Chautala]].<ref name="outlook">{{cite news |work=Outlook |title=Sampat Singh Quits INLD |date=14 July 2009 |access-date=2018-03-26 |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/sampat-singh-quits-inld/662703}}</ref> After ending his 32-year association with it, he joined the Indian National Congress (INC) on 27 July 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/Sampat-Singh-inducted-into-Congress/article16564428.ece |work=The Hindu |date=28 July 2009 |title= Sampat Singh inducted into Congress |access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref>

The INC selected Singh as their candidate for the Nalwa constituency in Hisar. He then won the seat in the 2009 elections by defeating the sitting member, Jasma Devi of the HJC.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/assembly_elections_2009/candidate/Haryana/result.html |title=Haryana: Result |work=IBN Live |access-date=2013-11-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025040040/http://ibnlive.in.com/assembly_elections_2009/candidate/Haryana/result.html |archive-date=25 October 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===National politics===
As an INLD politician, Singh contested the [[2009 Indian general election]] from [[Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hisar Lok Sabha constituency]] on a [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] ticket. He lost narrowly to former chief minister [[Bhajan Lal]].<ref name="outlook"/><ref>{{cite news |work=DNA India |title=INLD, BJP attacks UPA on price rise, terrorism |date=20 January 2009 |agency=PTI |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-inld-bjp-attacks-upa-on-price-rise-terrorism-1223287 |access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref>

Singh stood as an INC candidate for a seat in the national parliament in the [[2014 Indian general election]]. He finished in third place in the Hisar Lok Sabha constituency.<ref>{{cite news |work=Economic Times |title=Congress's experiment to field MLAs for LS fails in Haryana |agency=PTI |date=16 May 2014 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/elections-2014-congresss-experiment-to-field-mlas-for-ls-fails-in-haryana/articleshow/35219660.cms |access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref>

==Political career==
* 1977- 1979: Political Secretary to Devi Lal, Chief Minister of Haryana
* 1980: election conveyor for Devi Lal during [[7th Lok Sabha]] elections
* 1980: contested by-election from Bhattu Kalan
* 1981: State Youth Party President until 1984, when he resigned at the age of 35 to make way for other youth members
* 1982: elected to 6th Vidhan Sabha from Bhattu Kalan constituency. Member of the Scheduled Caste and Welfare Society of Haryana Vidhan Sabha
* 1984: District Party President, Hisar until 1987
* 1987: elected to 7th Vidhan Sabha, Bhattu Kalan constituency, Minister of Industry, Excise & Taxation, Town & Country Planning, Home, Local Bodies, Jails, Public Relations, Irrigation & Power, Finance, Parliamentary Affairs & Planning<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://haryanaassembly.gov.in/MLADetails.aspx?MLAID=773|title=MLA Details|website=haryanaassembly.gov.in|access-date=2019-07-10}}</ref>
* 1991: elected to 8th Vidhan Sabha, Bhattu Kalan constituency, Leader of Opposition, Haryana
* 1996: contested election from Bhattu Kalan
* 1998: elected to 9th Vidhan Sabha, Fatehabad constituency, Chairman, Assurance Committee, Haryana Vidhan Sabha
* 1999: Cabinet Minister for Finance, Parliamentary Affairs & Planning
* 2000: elected to 10th Vidhan Sabha, Bhattu Kalan constituency, Cabinet Minister for Finance, Parliamentary Affairs & Planning<ref name=":0" />
* 2005: contested election from Bhattu Kalan
* 2008: by-election contested in Adampur

==Positions held==
*President, District Lok Dal, Hisar ;
*Member State Lok Dal Executive
*Member, Haryana Sangharsh Samiti
*President, Haryana State Yuva Lok Dal
*National General Secretary, Samajwadi Janata Party

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[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Haryana]]
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